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AMERICAN BANJO CAMP ONLINE 2021

The 2021 Bluegrass and Old-Time Banjo online event was held on September 11th and 12th and featured these teachers:

• Alan Munde – Bluegrass Banjo
• Lukas Pool – Old-Time Banjo
• Casey Henry – Bluegrass Banjo
• Ken Perlman – Old-Time Banjo
• Jeff Scroggins – Bluegrass Banjo
• Molly Tenenbaum – Old-Time Banjo
• Greg Cahill – Bluegrass Banjo
• Stephen Wade – Old-Time Banjo

Each teacher taught on both days. A different workshop each day.

If you missed the Online Camp (or any of the monthly workshops) you can still get access to the video recordings; see below under "Past Workshops."

ABC Online Concerts

Like so many events, ABC had to cancel our 2020 camp due to the danger posed by the Covid 19 pandemic. To mark the occasion that ABC would have taken place in 2020 we sponsored an online concert featuring our proopsed faculty via "Zoom" on Sunday evening, Sept. 13.

ABC Online Workshops

ABC sponsors a series of workshops in topics relating to bluegrass banjo, old-time banjo and potentially other instruments featured at ABC, (e.g. bass, guitar, fiddle, mandolin). Workshops are one hour and fifteen minutes in length, and are broadcast over Zoom. There are opportunities to ask questions and – to some extent - for instructors to monitor student progress individually. You can sign up for one or two workshops or sign up for a whole day of workshops.

We are holding workshops on the second Saturday of most months and alternating between Bluegrass Banjo and Old-Time Banjo.

Past Workshops

We have video recordings and handouts from most of our past workshops. If you missed the workshops when they were first presented you can still see and hear them as well as read any handouts. Each workshop is approximately 75 minutes long. The cost is $20 per workshop.

To arrange for the video and any handouts from one or many past workshops, go to our miscellaneous payments page, fill in your Name, Email, and the total Amount for your chosen workshop or workshops ($20 each). Then in the Comments field list the teacher(s) and mm/dd/yy date(s) for the workshop(s) you want. When we get that payment we will email you the handouts and link(s) to the workshop(s) you chose. For further information about availability send email to:
NOTE: On occasion our email responses are misidentified as spam. Please make sure email from psl@acm.org, peterslangston@gmail.com, and peterslangston@comcast.net can get through to you.

Past ABC Online Bluegrass Banjo Workshops

12/12/20	Greg Cahill	Playing in the Keys of C, D, and F in G Tuning, without a Capo
12/12/20	Gina Furtado	The Art of Tasteful Backup
12/12/20	Alan Munde	Upgrade Your Lick Vocabulary. Learn a Load of Licks in G, C, and D
12/12/20	Jeff Scroggins	Intros & endings - Learn the Common Ones & How to Create Your Own

2/13/21	Kristin Scott Benson	The Nuts and Bolts of Rolling Backup: How to Create Your Own Functional & Interesting Backup.
2/13/21	Mike Stahlman	Essential Scruggs Techniques for Right and Left Hands
2/13/21	Alison Brown	The Art of Chord Melody Playing on 5-String
2/13/21	Mike Munford	Blending Scruggs & Melodic Styles

5/8/21	Tom Adams	Playing Breaks, Backups, and Endings on Vocal Numbers in the D Chord Position
5/8/21	Frank Evans	Picking Up the Speed
5/8/21	James McKinney	The Art of Single-String Playng in Bluegrass
5/8/21	Kristin Scott Benson	Up the Neck Backup: Concepts and Techniques

9/11/21	Alan Munde	A Non-Theory View of Music Theory
9/11/21	Casey Henry	Everything You Wanted to Know About Minor Chords
9/11/21	Jeff Scroggins	Up-tempo Bluegrass Waltzes
9/11/21	Greg Cahill	How to Transpose Any Solo from G to C and D

9/12/21	Alan Munde	Bluegrass Banjo Workout
9/12/21	Casey Henry	Learn "Little Maggie" in G
9/12/21	Jeff Scroggins	Musical Voicings and How to Use Them
9/12/21	Greg Cahill	Tips That Make Learning Songs and Tunes Easier

Past ABC Online Old-Time Banjo Workshops

1/9/21	Lukas Pool	Playing Melodies Up the Neck in Double C Tuning
1/9/21	Stephen Wade	Banjo Portraits
1/9/21	Ken Perlman	A Crooked Tunes Survival Kit
1/9/21	Molly Tenenbaum	Banjoing a Fiddle Tune—Clawhammer

4/10/21	Riley Baugus	Exploring Open D, or "Reuben" Tuning (f#DF#AD)
4/10/21	Paul Brown	Soul of the Banjo: the Core Characteristics and How to Bring Them Out
4/10/21	Ken Perlman	Beyond the Galax Lick: the Arpeggio Technique in Clawhammer
4/10/21	Allison de Groot	Using Chord Shapes as a Road Map for Melody Around the Neck

9/11/21	Lukas Pool	Learn Two Tunes from the Great Roots Fiddler Marcus Martin
9/11/21	Ken Perlman	Keith Picking, Clawhammer Style
9/11/21	Molly Tenenbaum	What’s the Deal with C Tunes?
9/11/21	Stephen Wade	Exploring the Musical Styles of Hobart Smith

9/12/21	Lukas Pool	Secrets of Old-Time Banjo Set-Up
9/12/21	Ken Perlman	Wade Ward’s Clawhammer Style
9/12/21	Molly Tenenbaum	Four Ways to Play in the Key of F and Why
9/12/21	Stephen Wade	A Cornucopia of Tunings

Please feel free to ask any questions about these new programs. We're finding ways to share and teach traditional music despite the limitations of the coronavirus pandemic. Email is welcome 24 hours a day (and may be answered at the strangest hours!) and phone questions are welcome in the afternoons and evenings. See the Contact Us page.